Profit and Loss

IMPORTANT FACTS Cost Price: The price, at which an article is purchased, is called its cost price, abbreviated as C.P. Selling Price: The price, at which an article is sold, is called its selling prices, abbreviated as S.P. Profit or Gain: If S.P. is greater than C.P., the seller is said to have a profit or gain. Loss: If S.P. is less than C.P., the seller is said to have incurred a loss. IMPORTANT FORMULAE 1. 2. 3. 4. Gain = (S.P.) - (C.P.) Loss = (C.P.) - (S.P.) Loss or gain is always reckoned on C.P. Gain Percentage: (Gain %) Gain x 100 Gain % = C.P. Loss Percentage: (Loss %) Loss x 100 Loss % = C.P. Selling Price: (S.P.) (100 + Gain %) SP = x C.P 100 Selling Price: (S.P.) (100 - Loss %) SP = 100 Cost Price: (C.P.) C.P. = 9. 100 (100 + Gain %) 100 x S.P. x C.P.

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Cost Price: (C.P.) C.P. =

(100 - Loss %)

x S.P.

10. If an article is sold at a gain of say 35%, then S.P. = 135% of C.P. 11. If an article is sold at a loss of say, 35% then S.P. = 65% of C.P. 12. When a person sells two similar items, one at a gain of say x%, and the other at a loss of x%, then the seller always incurs a loss given by:

Loss % =

Common Loss and Gain % 2 10

x 10

13. If a trader professes to sell his goods at cost price, but uses false weights, then Error (True Value) - (Error)

Gain % =

x 100

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